Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "manga"

1. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

R | 111 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

After awakening from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.

Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen

Votes: 1,197,427 | Gross: $70.10M

2. Akira (1988)

R | 124 min | Animation, Action, Drama

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath who can only be stopped by a teenager, his gang of biker friends and a group of psychics.

Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo | Stars: Mitsuo Iwata, Nozomu Sasaki, Mami Koyama, Tesshô Genda

Votes: 205,881 | Gross: $0.55M

3. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

PG | 117 min | Animation, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Warrior and pacifist Princess Nausicaä desperately struggles to prevent two warring nations from destroying themselves and their dying planet.

Director: Hayao Miyazaki | Stars: Sumi Shimamoto, Mahito Tsujimura, Hisako Kyôda, Gorô Naya

Votes: 183,087 | Gross: $0.50M

4. Mondays: See You 'This' Week! (2022)

82 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Akemi Yoshikawa discovers that her whole office is stuck in a time loop, repeating the same stressful work week over and over. Together with her colleagues she has to find out how to break the loop.

Director: Ryo Takebayashi | Stars: Ryô Ikeda, Wan Marui, Yûgo Mikawa, Koki Osamura

Votes: 612

5. Demonlover (2002)

R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A French corporation goes head-to-head with an American web media company for the rights to a 3-D manga pornography studio, resulting in a power struggle that culminates in violence and espionage.

Director: Olivier Assayas | Stars: Connie Nielsen, Gina Gershon, Chloë Sevigny, Charles Berling

Votes: 6,427 | Gross: $0.23M

6. Midori (1992)

Unrated | 47 min | Animation, Drama, Horror

The story based off of the controversial manga by Suehiro Maruo takes place where a little orphaned girl joins a freak-show circus troupe whose members rape and abuse her. She then finds a glimmer of hope in the enigmatic magician who joins the group.

Director: Hiroshi Harada | Stars: Minako Naka, Norihiko Morishita, Keinosuke Okamoto, Kazuyoshi Hayashi

Votes: 3,691

7. Inuyashiki (2017)

Not Rated | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama

A middle-aged office worker encounters aliens and is gifted with alien technology and limitless powers.

Stars: Nijirô Murakami, Fumiyo Kohinata, Kanata Hongô, Sumire Uesaka

Votes: 5,226

8. Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro (2021–2023)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance

High schooler Hayase Nagatoro loves to spend her free time doing one thing, and that is to bully her Senpai. After Nagatoro and her friends stumble upon the aspiring artist's drawings, they... See full summary »

Stars: Sumire Uesaka, Daiki Yamashita, Kimberley Anne Campbell, Erik Scott Kimerer

Votes: 4,778

9. My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! (2020–2021)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A young girl dies and is reincarnated into a video game. But when she finds out that her role is the villainess destined for doom, she takes measures to change the game and avoid that fate.

Stars: Maaya Uchida, Tetsuya Kakihara, Shouta Aoi, Miho Okasaki

Votes: 1,341

10. Adam Chaplin (2011)

Not Rated | 84 min | Action, Crime, Horror

His life was torn apart when his wife was murdered by Mafia boss Denny. Filled with vengeance, Adam summoned a demon that endowed him with god-like strength so that he might survive his journey through Heaven's Valley.

Directors: Emanuele De Santi, Giulio De Santi | Stars: Emanuele De Santi, Valeria Sannino, Chiara Marfella, Christian Riva

Votes: 2,179

11. 37 Seconds (2019)

115 min | Drama

Yuma is a young Japanese woman with cerebral palsy. Torn between her obligations towards her family and her dream to become a manga artist, she struggles to lead a self-determined life.

Director: Hikari | Stars: Eita Okuno, Makiko Watanabe, Nanami Kawakami, Yuka Itaya

Votes: 3,128

12. Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack (2012 Video)

70 min | Animation, Horror

The friends Kaori, Erika and Aki are on a vacation to celebrate their upcoming graduation, when suddenly an infestation of mysterious walking fish forces them to reevaluate everything they care about in order to stay alive.

Director: Takayuki Hirao | Stars: Mirai Kataoka, Takuma Negishi, Ami Taniguchi, Masami Saeki

Votes: 1,835

13. Mieruko-chan (2021)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

She can see dead people... she just chooses to ignore them. That's Miko's plan anyway, with horrifying (and sometimes hilarious) results.

Stars: Sora Amamiya, Kaede Hondo, Ayane Sakura, Yumiri Hanamori

Votes: 2,489

14. Kotaro Lives Alone (2022)

TV-14 | 27 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A lonely little boy moves into a ramshackle apartment building all on his own and makes friends with the broke manga artist who lives next door.

Stars: Rie Kugimiya, Cherami Leigh, Kayleigh McKee, Jennifer Losi

Votes: 4,334

15. Kamen Rider (1971–1973)

TV-G | 30 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A grasshopper-like, motorcycle-riding cyborg (joined by another one later in the show) fights the evil organization that transformed him for their evil deeds.

Stars: Akiji Kobayashi, Shinji Nakae, Gorô Naya, Jirô Yabuki

Votes: 432

16. Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun (2014)

TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Comedy, Romance

Chiyo Sakura confesses her feelings to her schoolmate Nozaki. Due to a misunderstanding, Nozaki thinks Chiyo is just a fan. She then discovers Nozaki's other identity; a shojo manga artist.

Stars: Yûichi Nakamura, Ari Ozawa, Masumi Tazawa, Sawako Hata

Votes: 4,177

17. Jormungand (2012)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Crime

A group of cheerful friends who help Koko avoid trouble. However, charming life comes to an end when they discover that Koko is an arms dealer, and that her happy bodyguards are elite soldiers who are "the best of the best" at something.

Stars: Shizuka Itou, Mutsumi Tamura, Wataru Hatano, Hitoshi Yanai

Votes: 1,491

18. Wicked City (1992)

Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

Lung and his partner Ling is assigned to go after Daishu for selling a drug from the Rapters's world called 'Happiness' which causes people to evaporate, Lung, Ling and Wan-Gei join forces to fight the Rapters.

Director: Tai-Kit Mak | Stars: Leon Lai, Jacky Cheung, Michelle Reis, Tatsuya Nakadai

Votes: 1,104

19. The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (2021)

93 min | Documentary, Biography, History

In 1971, due to the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Luchino Visconti proclaimed his Tadzio as the world's most beautiful boy. 50 years later, that shadow still weighs upon Björn Andresen's life.

Directors: Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri | Stars: Kristina Lindström, Luchino Visconti, Mario Tursi, Björn Andrésen

Votes: 1,944

20. Magical Girl (2014)

127 min | Drama, Thriller

The father of a terminally ill girl is determined to grant his daughter's last wish, a ridiculously expensive collectors' costume from a Japanese TV series. The request will drive him into a journey within his city's dark underbelly.

Director: Carlos Vermut | Stars: José Sacristán, Marina Andruix, Raimundo de los Reyes, Lucía Pollán

Votes: 7,507

21. Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (2020)

TV-MA | 24 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

While still a virgin at the age of 30, Kiyoshi Adachi gains a magical power that allows him to read other people's mind by touching them. Things change when he accidentally touches Yuichi Kurosawa and reads his mind.

Stars: Eiji Akaso, Keita Machida, Ryô Satô, Takuya Kusakawa

Votes: 2,687

22. Heroine Disqualified (2015)

112 min | Comedy, Romance

Hatori is in love with her childhood friend Rita, but when Rita gets himself a girlfriend Hatoris world turns upside down.

Director: Tsutomu Hanabusa | Stars: Mirei Kiritani, Kento Yamazaki, Kentarô Sakaguchi, Towa Araki

Votes: 1,547

23. Flying Colors (2015)

117 min | Comedy, Drama

Fact-based tale of a slacker high-school girl, years behind in her studies, who decides to start working hard and pass the entrance exams to a prestigious university in Japan.

Director: Nobuhiro Doi | Stars: Kasumi Arimura, Nanami Abe, Morio Agata, Atsushi Itô

Votes: 4,022

24. The Great Yokai War (2005)

PG-13 | 124 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

A young boy is chosen as the defender of good and must team up with Japan's ancient spirits and creatures of lore to attempt to destroy the forces of evil.

Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Chiaki Kuriyama, Bunta Sugawara

Votes: 2,670

25. Joriku (2020)

66 min | Comedy

A sex comedy about two rival schools' female athletic teams.

Director: Takafumi Ohashi | Stars: Mizuki Saiba, Ryôhei Kawano, Meiri, Coco

26. Attack on Titan: The Roar of Awakening (2018)

120 min | Animation, Action, Fantasy

Eren Yeager and others of the 104th Training Corps have just become full members of the Survey Corps. As they ready themselves to face the Titans once again, their preparations are interrupted by the invasion of Wall Rose.

Director: Masashi Koizuka | Stars: Yûki Kaji, Yui Ishikawa, Marina Inoue, Hiro Shimono

Votes: 6,110

27. After the Rain (2018)

TV-PG | 112 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Akira Tachibana is a soft-spoken high school student who used to be a part of the track and field club. Working part-time at a restaurant, she finds herself inexplicably falling in love with her manager, a divorced 45-year-old man.

Director: Akira Nagai | Stars: Nana Komatsu, Yô Ôizumi, Nana Seino, Hayato Isomura

Votes: 1,567

28. Bunny Drop (2011–2012)

TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A man adopts his six-year-old aunt and raises her as his own kid.

Stars: Hiroshi Tsuchida, Ayu Matsuura, Atsuko Mine, Noa Sakai

Votes: 3,852

29. Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins (1991)

Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

An evil alien searches the Earth for seven "Dragon Pearls" which can grant him ultimate power. A gang of misfit adventurers band together to stop him.

Director: Chun-Liang Chen | Stars: Chi-Chiang Chen, Jeannie Hsieh, Tung-Chuan Cheng, San Peng

Votes: 1,348

30. Edo Porn (1981)

Not Rated | 119 min | Biography, Drama, History

The famous woodblock artist Hokusai (1760-1849), a widower in need of a steady income, lives with his daughter Oei in the house of his friend Bakin.

Director: Kaneto Shindô | Stars: Ken Ogata, Toshiyuki Nishida, Yûko Tanaka, Kanako Higuchi

Votes: 466

31. Casshern (2004)

Not Rated | 142 min | Action, Sci-Fi

Live-action sci-fi movie based on a 1973 Japanese animé of the same name (Shinzo Ningen Casshân). Theme song by Utada Hikaru.

Director: Kazuaki Kiriya | Stars: Yûsuke Iseya, Kumiko Asô, Akira Terao, Kanako Higuchi

Votes: 13,799

32. Popcorn (2007)

90 min | Comedy, Romance

Too insecure to approach the girl of his dreams, Danny takes a job at the local multiplex where she works.

Director: Darren Paul Fisher | Stars: Jack Ryder, Jodi Albert, Andrew Lee Potts, Luke de Woolfson

Votes: 1,006

33. The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (2013)

Not Rated | 118 min | Documentary

Follows the routines of those employed at Studio Ghibli, including filmmakers Hayao Miyazaki, Isao Takahata, and Toshio Suzuki as they work to release two films simultaneously, The Wind Rises and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya.

Director: Mami Sunada | Stars: Hayao Miyazaki, Yumiko Miyoshi, Toshio Suzuki, Shinsuke Nonaka

Votes: 5,671

34. Non Non Biyori (2013–2021)

TV-PG | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

When Hotaru Ichijo transfers schools from the hustle and bustle of Tokyo to a quaint and quiet village in the countryside, she's in for a big adjustment. With her new quirky classmates, Hotaru adapts to her new life with daily adventures.

Stars: Kotori Koiwai, Rie Murakawa, Ayane Sakura, Kana Asumi

Votes: 1,226

35. Midnight Bus (2017)

157 min | Drama

Riichi has moved back to Niigata after living in Tokyo and works as a inter-city bus driver at night. His ex-wife of many years ago is one of his passengers one night. She has remarried and... See full summary »

Director: Masao Takeshita | Stars: Taizô Harada, Mirai Yamamoto, Kyôzô Nagatsuka, Manami Konishi

Votes: 63

36. Taboo Tattoo (2016)

TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

"Tattoos" - ancient weapons that drastically enhance the physical abilities of their users, known as the "Sealed," allowing them to bring forth supernatural phenomena when activated through... See full summary »

Stars: Justin Briner, Monica Rial, Akari Kitô, Tomokazu Sugita

Votes: 596

37. One Week Friends (2017)

120 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Yuki Hase befriended a lonely girl classmate when he notices that she's always alone. Upon knowing the girl, he found out a serious matter about her that can either make him put a space between them, or make them closer to each other.

Director: Shôsuke Murakami | Stars: Haruna Kawaguchi, Kento Yamazaki, Seika Furuhata, Sairi Itô

Votes: 1,528

38. Tenement (2024)

88 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Soriya goes back to Cambodia in a quest to find herself after her mother's death, there she finds a family she has never known and an old building full of dark secrets.

Directors: Sokyou Chea, Inrasothythep Neth | Stars: Yoshihiko Hosoda, Sahrah Pich Manika, Rous Mony, Touch Narady

Votes: 19

39. Hana Kimi (2006–2007)

75 min | Comedy, Romance, Sport

After watching a documentary about "retired" high jumper Tso Yi-Chuan (Chun Wu), Lu Jui-Hsi (Ella Chen) is so determined to meet him that she disguises herself as a boy in order to transfer... See full summary »

Stars: Chun Wu, Ella Chen, Jiro Wang, R. Chord Hsieh

Votes: 195

40. Cherry Magic! Thirty Years Of Virginity Can Make You A Wizard?!: The Movie (2022)

104 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

This heartwarming romantic film depicts a gay couple and one has a magical power that enables him to read the minds of those he touches. Adachi is a dull office worker who turned 30 as a ... See full summary »

Director: Hiroki Kazama | Stars: Eiji Akaso, Keita Machida, Kôdai Asaka, Ryô Satô

Votes: 562

41. Bakuman (2015)

119 min | Comedy

Moritaka Mashiro, a junior high student, forgets his notebook in class. His classmate Akito Takagi, notes Mashiro's drawings in it and asks him to become a manga artist to his stories. ... See full summary »

Director: Hitoshi Ône | Stars: Takeru Satoh, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Nana Komatsu, Hirofumi Arai

Votes: 1,824

42. Boy's Abyss (2022)

30 min | Drama, Romance

Kurose Reiji was born in the countryside, and has spent his life believing he can never leave his town. He cannot leave his mother alone with his shut-in brother and demented grandmother, ... See full summary »

Stars: Towa Araki, Hinako Kitano, Miyu Honda, Sôkô Wada

Votes: 13

43. Jin & Jun (2023)

115 min | Comedy, Fantasy

After getting roughed up by bullies, a high school student in despair encounters a genie who can turn around his luck - and his fortunes.

Director: Anggy Umbara | Stars: Rey Bong, Dwi Sasono, Alif Rivelino, Clay Gribble

Votes: 734

44. Animals (I) (2012)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Fantasy

Pol is a teenager with a seemingly calm life. He lives with his brother, and is still in high school. However, Pol has a secret: Deerhoof, a cuddly teddy bear who thinks, moves around, and ... See full summary »

Director: Marçal Forés | Stars: Oriol Pla, Augustus Prew, Dimitri Leonidas, Roser Tapias

Votes: 1,000

45. Legend: A Dragon Ball Tale (2022)

10 min | Animation, Short, Action

Given diplomatic orders by the Grand Council, Vegeta, now king of the Saiyans, sets out on an interstellar assassination mission.

Director: Naseer Pasha | Stars: Elsie Lovelock, Jordan Woollen, Jason Alexander Sukhram

Votes: 204

46. Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl (2006)

24 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

After being rejected by the girl he loves, Hazumu goes to the mountains to console himself. A crashing alien spaceship lands on him. The aliens regenerate his body. However, they could only make him into a girl.

Stars: Bryce Papenbrook, Stephanie Sheh, Karen Strassman, Mona Marshall

Votes: 255

47. Blue Spring (2001)

83 min | Drama

A group of a run-down Tokyo high school students face the struggles of growing up, growing apart from their friends and worrying about their future, while living in a highly violent environment.

Director: Toshiaki Toyoda | Stars: Ryûhei Matsuda, Hirofumi Arai, Sôsuke Takaoka, Yûsuke Ôshiba

Votes: 4,400

48. Yandere Simulator (2015 Video Game)

Animation, Drama, Horror

Ayano Aishi was a girl who was stumbling through life unable to feel emotion until she met her Senpai. But in her high school it seems everyone wants her Senpai which is unacceptable. She ... See full summary »

Director: YandereDev | Stars: Jonah Scott, Kira Buckland, Kellen Goff, Alejandro Saab

Votes: 290

49. The Comic Artist and Assistants (2014– )

TV-14 | 13 min | Animation, Comedy

A hilarious slice of life comedy that leisurely depicts the day-to-day life of manga artist Aito Yuuki and his assistant, Ashisu Sahoto.

Stars: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Arisa Noto, Saori Hayami, Rie Kugimiya

Votes: 422

50. Character (2021)

125 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A kind man aspires to become a comic creator, but villains and evil deeds do not come easily to him. Things take a surprise turn when he comes across a family who were described as idealized that are no more.

Director: Akira Nagai | Stars: Masaki Suda, Satoshi Fukase, Mitsuki Takahata, Shidô Nakamura

Votes: 1,337